conker necklace

Milo has become completely obsessed with horse chestnuts, and although Matt thought teaching him to play conkers was a grand idea, I did not, and so we compromised by making him a chestnut necklace.

You’ll Need

conkers

a hammer and nail or screw

something to thread the conkers onto (string, ribbon, shoelace, etc)

Directions

There is really only one step. Make a hole in the horse chestnut and string it onto something to form a necklace. I’ve read that baking the chestnuts at a low heat will make them quite resilient, but really, since Milo won’t be fighting with his, we skipped that step. I found it easier to thread the chestnuts onto the shoelace we used with the aid of a nail.

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I'm a 32 year old American and I've been living
in the East Midlands of England with my British
chap and our small, sweet boy for almost 8 years.
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